MANIEMA

'Maniema' is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Its provincial capital is Kindu. It borders Kasai-Oriental to the west, Orientale to the north, Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu to the east, and Katanga to the south.
kingdom(s)
1585 Luba kingdom founded
1889 ruling lineage split into two ruling lineages
Kings or emperors (title muLopwe)
1781 - 1809 Maniema Ilunga Nsungu
c.1800 Kasongo Kukaya (in rebellion)
1809 - 1837 Maniema Ngombe
1837 Ndaye Muzinga (usurper)
1837 - 1864 Ilunga Kabale
1864 - 1865 Maloba Konkola
1865 - 1869 Maniema Kitamba
1869 - 1886 Kasongo a Kalombo (b. ... - d. 1886)
1886 - 1889 Nday a Mande (b. ... - d. 1889)
- Lineage 1 -
1889 - Oct 1917 Kasongo a Nyembo (b. 18... - d. 1917)
1917 - 1935 Maniema Ilunga Kumwimba (b. ... - d. 1948)
1935 - 1957 Ilunga Kisuku
1957 - 1964 Kasongo a Nyembo
1964 - Kisula Ngoy
- Lineage 2 -
1889 - 1946 Maniema Nilemba (b. ... - d. 1946)
1926 - 25 Oct 1960 Kabongo Boniface Kalowa (b. 1905/10 - d. 1960)
1940 - 19.. Maniema Nilemba Boniface (b. ... - d. 19...)